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In a 3-2 vote, the Jefferson City Council approved a $10,000 per year raise for city manager John Ward. The action came after a 20-minute closed session to discuss “personnel” at the city council meeting Monday night. The motion was made by councilman Steve Kinney and seconded by Steve Quinn. Kinney, Quinn, and Roy Plott voted in favor of ...
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The Jackson County School System is seeking comments from the community on what it wants in the district’s next superintendent. “We really would like to have as much participation as we can with the community, parents, staff and faculty,” said Kathy Elrod, assistant superintendent for human resources Superintendent Shannon Adams announced ...
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A small plane crashed at around 11:45 a.m. Sunday morning at the Jackson County Airport, killing one person. The crash happened in the grassy median between the airport's two runways, about 300 yards from the north end of the runways. Officials said the plane was a single engine "hobby" type aircraft and was doing test landings and takeoffs ...
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A small plane crashed at around 11:45 a.m. Sunday morning at the Jackson County Airport, killing David Rushlow, 50, of Jackson County. The crash happened in the grassy median between the airport's two runways, about 300 yards from the north end of the runways. Officials said the plane was a single engine "hobby" type aircraft and was doing test ...
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Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is accepting applications for three scholarship programs. Applicants may be full or part-time students. Winners will be chosen by a scholarship committee, which will review each application to select the most qualified candidates, based on academic ability, extra-curricular activities, ...
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A teenager missing since Dec. 19 after meeting a man she met on an Internet dating site has contacted a family member to say she wants to return home. Major David Cochran of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Galilea Magana, 14, Lawrenceville, has contacted an aunt to report that she wants to come home. The teenager ...
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Longtime Jackson County Sheriff’s Office employee Gary Brewer has been reinstated to employment with the department following an appeals hearing before Sheriff Stan Evans. Major David Cochran reported on Tuesday that Brewer was assigned as a certified jailer with the jail division at the sheriff’s office. Brewer was arrested on Dec. 5 by ...
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State Senator Frank Ginn expects the Georgia General Assembly to revisit the issue of “tax reform” when the 2012 legislative session convenes next Monday. But Rep. Tommy Benton said he doesn't see any move coming out of the House in that effort. The issue was a popular topic of discussion last year, but ultimately the plan that would have ...
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